
Acting
Hope Summers could portray a friendly neighbor or companion as she did for Frances Bavier's Aunt Bee character on many episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (1960) or a seemingly amiable Satanist in Rosemary's Baby (1968).
Born in Mattoon, Illinois, she developed an early interest in the theater. Graduating from Northwestern School of Speech in Evanston, Illinois, she subsequently taught speech and diction there. This, in turn, led to her the head position in the Speech Department at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, teaching students privately on the side as well. In the 1930s Hope began …

Evil Town
as Alice Wylie (as Hope Summer)

Foul Play
as Ethel

Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
as Marcie

Dr. Shagetz
as Alice Wylie

Death Sentence
as Emily Boylan

Our Time
as Biology Teacher

Indict and Convict
as Mrs. Potter

Charley Varrick
as Mess Vesta

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
as Laura

Where Does It Hurt?
as Nurse Throttle
Another Day
5 ep.

Snip
as Aunt Polly · 6 ep.

Starsky & Hutch
1 ep.

Welcome Back, Kotter
1 ep.

Little House on the Prairie
as Addie Bjornesen · 1 ep.

Chico and the Man
1 ep.

M*A*S*H
as Nurse Meg Cratty · 1 ep.

Night Gallery
1 ep.

Hawaii Five-O
as Minnie Leona Moroney · 1 ep.

Adam-12
as Clara Fisher · 1 ep.
The Andy Griffith Show
1960